Photos, videos and docs of Martin M. Miles, with the keywords: "Alsace"

Colmar - Chapellerie Meyer’s

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:28:09 +0000

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Colmar - Marché Couvert

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:06:40 +0000

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Colmar - Collégiale Saint-Martin

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:49:14 +0000

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Colmar - Collégiale Saint-Martin

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:45:54 +0000

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Colmar was first mentioned by Charlemagne in his chronicle of the Saxon Wars. Emperor Charles the Fat held a Diet here in 884. In 1226, Emperor Frederick II granted Colmar the status of a free imperial city. In 1575, the city adopted the Protestant Reformation. During the Thirty Years' War, it was conquered by the Swedish army in 1632, which held it for two years.

The city is known for its old town, its numerous sights and its museums, including the Unterlinden Museum.

The "Collégiale Saint-Martin" serves as a parish church today. After the French Revolution, it was briefly the cathedral of a bishopric and is sometimes still referred to as the "Cathédrale Saint-Martin". The current building was erected between 1234 and 1365.
One of two "Judensau" ((German for "Jews' sow") on this church. This is an image of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow, which is an unclean animal in Judaism.

These icons are considered the earliest form of anti-Semitic caricature. They exposed the Jews to general ridicule by pointing out their supposedly typical behavior, they reinforced anti-Jewish prejudices of the viewer and to encourage them to distance themselves from Jews, and thus indirectly to act against them and they attacked and harmed the Jews in their religious self-image.

Colmar - Chapellerie Waldvogel

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:57:27 +0000

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Sélestat - Knoepfli

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 18:28:33 +0000

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When Charlemagne spent Christmas here in 775, Sélestat was probably little more than a village. Today, Sélestat claims to be the birthplace of the Christmas tree, based on an invoice dating back to 1521.

When in 1964 the Knoepfli company opened the shop in what was then a very modern building, it was a big step for the bed and mattress business. After 59 years, the shop was closed and a tenant was sought for the 600m².

Mulhouse - Post box

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:38:34 +0000

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Mulhouse was first mentioned in a document in 803 as Mulinhuson.

Since 1354, the city was a member of the Alsatian League of Ten Cities (Decapole), which it left in 1515 in favor of an alliance with the Swiss Confederation, to which it remained an ally until 1798. In 1529, the city officially introduced the Reformation based on the Zwinglian model. Due to its close ties to Switzerland, Mulhouse remained Protestant-Reformed, the only city in the increasingly Lutheran Alsace.

After a customs blockade by the dominant neighbor and revolutionary unrest Mulhouse submitted to the French Republic in 1798. At the Congress of Vienna in 1814/1815 the city, like the surrounding Alsace, remained part of France. Through the Peace of Frankfurt in 1871, the area passed from France to Germany.

At the beginning of the First World War, French troops were able to briefly capture Mulhouse twice. After the war, Mulhouse returned to France in 1919. French was made compulsory as the official language and as a school language. After the Western campaign at the beginning of the Second World War, Mulhouse was again annexed to the German Reich until it was captured by the 1st French Army in 1944.

Old Post box

Note that the streetname is in French and in Alsacien

Mulhouse - Hôtel de Ville

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 20:23:39 +0000

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Haguenau

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:15:06 +0000

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Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:00:44 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

The Romanesque church building began under Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed of Swabia and replaced an older Romanesque chapel. In 1143 the Strasbourg bishop granted the construction of the church, which was completed in 1189. The architecture recalls the style of the Hirsau Abbey which influenced the Romanesque architecture of Swabia.A Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave, which remained unaffected except for the vaults that were inserted later. The choir was consecrated in 1283.

The church is made of red, soft sandstone. This made it easy for the "vandals" to carve graffiti into the outer walls.

Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:56:43 +0000

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Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:34:52 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

The Romanesque church building began under Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed of Swabia and replaced an older Romanesque chapel. In 1143 the Strasbourg bishop granted the construction of the church, which was completed in 1189. The architecture recalls the style of the Hirsau Abbey which influenced the Romanesque architecture of Swabia.

A Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave, which remained unaffected except for the vaults that were inserted later. The choir was consecrated in 1283.

Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:25:51 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

The Romanesque church building began under Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed of Swabia and replaced an older Romanesque chapel. In 1143 the Strasbourg bishop granted the construction of the church, which was completed in 1189. The architecture recalls the style of the Hirsau Abbey which influenced the Romanesque architecture of Swabia.

A Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave, which remained unaffected except for the vaults that were inserted later. The choir was consecrated in 1283.

The Gothic tabernacle created by Friedrich Hammer in 1523 is twelve meters high.

Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:04:59 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

The Romanesque church building began under Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed of Swabia and replaced an older Romanesque chapel. In 1143 the Strasbourg bishop granted the construction of the church, which was completed in 1189. The architecture recalls the style of the Hirsau Abbey which influenced the Romanesque architecture of Swabia.

A Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave, which remained unaffected except for the vaults that were inserted later. The choir was consecrated in 1283.

The winged altar was created in the 19th century by adding two late Gothic paintings as wings to the centerpiece depicting the "Last Judgement". This is a work by Diebold Martin, a contemporary of Grünewald. The "Weighing of Souls" and the Mouth of Hell. The "Weighing of Souls" and the Hellmouth. It looks like the better-off Petrus is taking to heaven while the lower class enters hell.

Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:32:00 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

The Romanesque church building began under Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed of Swabia and replaced an older Romanesque chapel. In 1143 the Strasbourg bishop granted the construction of the church, which was completed in 1189. The architecture recalls the style of the Hirsau Abbey which influenced the Romanesque architecture of Swabia.

A Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave, which remained unaffected except for the vaults that were inserted later. The choir was consecrated in 1283.

The winged altar was created in the 19th century by adding two late Gothic paintings as wings to the centerpiece depicting the "Last Judgement". This is a work by Diebold Martin, a contemporary of Grünewald.

Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:01:57 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

The Romanesque church building began under Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed of Swabia and replaced an older Romanesque chapel. In 1143 the Strasbourg bishop granted the construction of the church, which was completed in 1189. The architecture recalls the style of the Hirsau Abbey which influenced the Romanesque architecture of Swabia.

A Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave, which remained unaffected except for the vaults that were inserted later. The choir was consecrated in 1283.

Haguenau - Saint-Georges

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:51:29 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

The Romanesque church building began under Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed of Swabia and replaced an older Romanesque chapel. In 1143 the Strasbourg bishop granted the construction of the church, which was completed in 1189. The architecture recalls the style of the Hirsau Abbey which influenced the Romanesque architecture of Swabia.

A Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave, which remained unaffected except for the vaults that were inserted later. The choir was consecrated in 1283.

Haguenau - Saint-Nicolas

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:20:32 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

Around 1164 Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa had a hospital with an oratory built for the poor and poor travelers. The church founded in 1189 served as a hospital church and in 1208 it was promoted to a parish church by the Bishop of Strasbourg. Hospital and church were damaged by the Strasbourgers in 1298 during a siege. After that, the construction of the present Gothic building began and was extended to the east in the 15th century. The church suffered considerable damage during WW II but was fundamentally restored from 1965 onwards.

Haguenau - Saint-Nicolas

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:56:04 +0000

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Duke Frederick II the One-Eyed (1090-1147) of Swabia built a hunting lodge on an island in the Moder. The settlement that grew around was the beginning of Haguenau. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa fortified the settlement and gave it town rights, important for further development, in 1154. On the site of the hunting lodge, he founded an imperial palace he regarded as his favorite residence. In this palace were preserved the "Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire", i.e. the jeweled imperial crown, scepter, imperial orb, and sword of Charlemagne.

Around 1164 Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa had a hospital with an oratory built for the poor and poor travelers. The church founded in 1189 served as a hospital church and in 1208 it was promoted to a parish church by the Bishop of Strasbourg. Hospital and church were damaged by the Strasbourgers in 1298 during a siege. After that, the construction of the present Gothic building began and was extended to the east in the 15th century. The church suffered considerable damage during WW II but was fundamentally restored from 1965 onwards.

Strasbourg - Cathédrale Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:06:07 +0000

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When Strasbourg was first mentioned in 12BC, it was the Roman camp Argentoratum. Strasbourg was probably a bishop's seat from the 4th century. Alemanni, Huns and Franks conquered the city in the 5th century. Strasbourg was then ruled by the Strasbourg bishops until 1262 when the citizens violently rebelled against the bishopric and Strasbourg became a free imperial city and so belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. Led by two rival patrician families (Müllheim and Zorn), the city prospered, although the town hall required two separate entrances for the two families.

On February 14, 1349, one of the first and largest pogroms of persecution of Jews in connection with the plague in the German area took place here. In the course of the St. Valentine's Day massacre, several hundred (some say up to 3000) Jews were publicly burned, and the survivors were expelled from the city. Until the end of the 18th century, Jews were forbidden to stay within the city walls after 10 pm.

Strasbourg came under French rule in 1681, after the conquest of Alsace by the armies of Louis XIV. However, the revocation of the Edict of Toleration of Nantes in 1685, which legalized the suppression of Protestantism in France, did not apply in Alsace, and religious freedom prevailed, even if the French authorities endeavored to favor Catholicism wherever possible.

Strasbourg's Lutheran, German-influenced university continued to exist. Moreover, until 1789, Alsace was a de facto foreign province , separated from the rest of France by a customs border running along the Vosges Mountains. Therefore, the city and its surrounding area remained German-speaking. In the period of the French Revolution, the city became attractive for republicans from Germany and later an exile for German oppositionists.

The Strasbourg Cathedral (German: Straßburger Münster) was built between 1176 and 1439 on the site of a previous church from the early 11th century that had burned down to replace a church from the Carolingian period that had burned down in 1007. Gothic style. At least from 1647 to 1874, the cathedral with its 142-meter-high north tower was the tallest structure in human history and the tallest structure of the Middle Ages.

Important contributions from 1277 to his death in 1318 are attributed to the architect Erwin von Steinbach; he was succeeded by his son Johannes and his grandson Gerlach. The west facade was created by master Ulrich von Ensingen and his successor Johannes Hültz. With its characteristic asymmetrical shape (the south tower was never built), the Strasbourg Cathedral is the symbol of Alsace today.

The building was damaged by bombardments in 1870 and 1944. The figural decoration and the interior decoration were damaged in the course of the iconoclasm of the Reformation, the re-Catholicization in 1681 and the French Revolution.

Most of the stained glass windows are14th century, some late 12th century and 13th century.

Harrowing Hell.

Jesus leads Adam and Eve out of hell, while Satan in tied.